Friday's execution was the first by firing squad in modern South Carolina history and only the fourth in the U.S. since 1977.

Three Department of Corrections sharpshooters fired on Sigmon, on death row for the 2001 beating deaths of David and Gladys ...

When 67-year-old Brad Sigmon was put to death on March 7 in South Carolina for the murder of his then-girlfriend’s parents, ...

A South Carolina man has been executed by firing squad, becoming the first U.S. prisoner in 15 years to die by this method.

Shortly after Brad Sigmon was executed by firing squad, fellow death row inmate Mikal Mahdi has also chosen it.

Brad Sigmon used his final words, before he was executed via firing squad, to call upon fellow Christians to help end the death penalty, according to media witnesses. Brad Sigmon's official time ...

A death row inmate who bludgeoned his ex-girlfriend's parents to death with a baseball bat in 2001 has been executed after a final meal of KFC. Brad Sigmon, 67, was put to death by firing squad at ...

A South Carolina death row inmate on Friday chose execution by firing squad, just five weeks after the state carried out its ...

Brad Sigmon, convicted in a double murder in 2002, opted to die by a method that is rarely used. Utah carried out the last ...

Brad Sigmon, 67, has opted not to die by electrocution or lethal injection in his planned March 7 execution. The last firing ...

Kate Nalepinski is a Newsweek journalist based in New York City. Kate joined Newsweek in May 2024. She is a graduate of Ithaca College. A South Carolina man convicted of a double murder is set to ...

South Carolina death row inmate Mikal Mahdi has chosen to be executed via firing squad just weeks after Brad Sigmon was ...